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Xia Chen stared at the Den Den Mushi in front of him, speechless for a long time.
"What's wrong, Lord Xia Chen? Do you think there's anything wrong with what I did?"
The voice came through the Den Den Mushi again.
Hmm... it seems there's no problem!
Xia Chen spoke, but his tone carried a hint of helplessness.
He never expected that Big News Morgans would leak the news of Luffy becoming one of the " Four Emperors " just to curry favor with him.
It was simply to generate publicity for their pirate crew.
What was he supposed to say?
"Alright, I'll stop here for now. I have something to take care of!"
"Yes, yes, Lord Xia Chen, you're busy!"
"Um!"
Xia Chen responded and hung up the Den Den Mushi in his hand.
These things are minor to him; the important thing is to come here and collect the sign-in reward!
Xia Chen looked down at the enormous body of Zunesha, then at Zou on its back, and a smile appeared on his lips.
If all goes well, he'll have six Awakening Stone after completing Zou. Then, with only one more stone left, he'll know what will happen after collecting all seven Awakening Stone.
Besides the Awakening Stone he obtained on Onigashima, Xia Chen later obtained one in Wano Country and Totto Land Cake Island.
He now has a total of five Awakening Stone.
Based on the recent pattern of check-ins, it's highly likely that I'll get the Awakening Stone this time as well.
With this in mind, Xia Chen immediately flew towards Zou below.
As soon as it landed on Zou, a system notification sounded.
[Ding! Successfully cleared Zou and obtained the Transformation Technique!]
"Um?!"
A hint of surprise flashed in Xia Chen's eyes.
It wasn't Awakening Stone? He really thought he'd keep checking in until the seventh after getting five Awakening Stone in a row!
I never expected to be able to check in for other things as well.
" Transformation Technique? What's that?"
Xia Chen murmured to himself, then focused his attention on the new ability he had just acquired.
[ Transformation Technique: Whatever you think, you get! You can transform into anything you've ever seen or imagined, and gain its associated abilities!]
"This..."
Xia Chen was stunned when he saw this introduction, then a huge surprise appeared on his face.
If this Transformation Technique is truly as described in the introduction...
With a thought, Xia Chen immediately put his newly acquired ability into use.
The next second, Xia Chen's figure disappeared, replaced by a tree that looked exactly like the surrounding trees.
The leaves on the tree were swaying gently, as if they were telling a story.
A second later, the tree's figure disappeared, and Xia Chen reappeared with an excited smile on his face.
When he transformed into a tree, he felt as if he had truly become a tree, possessing all the abilities of a tree, and even releasing some oxygen through photosynthesis.
For the next period of time, Xia Chen transformed into various things: stones, gravel, flowers, grass, tigers, reindeer,...
Different things appear and then disappear.
After an unknown amount of time, Xia Chen finally stopped.
He just tried it out, and each time he transforms into something, he gains its corresponding characteristics, whether it's an animal or a plant.
Alright, he's finished testing these basics. Next, he needs to conduct experiments to verify whether this ability is a divine skill.
With a thought, a figure appeared in Xia Chen's mind.
Immediately after Xia Chen's figure disappeared from the spot, another graceful figure appeared.
Robin looked at his hands, then at his body, and then touched his chest.
"Hmm! This feel is right! It's the same!"
Robin's mature female voice rang out, but the words that came out didn't sound like something Robin would say.
Then Robin's voice rang out again.
Since the physical aspects are the same, what about the others?
Robin crossed her arms in front of her, closed her eyes, and confidently sensed the power within her body.
The next moment, ' Robin ' suddenly opened his eyes and shouted.
" Thirty Fleur!"
Suddenly, countless slender arms emerged from a tree ahead, grabbing the tree and pulling hard.
"Sizzle!"
The tree didn't even last a second before it was snapped in two.
Wow! That's really good!
Robin stared wide-eyed at her hands in disbelief.
To be honest, this expression on Robin's face is somewhat incongruous.
Xia Chen was utterly shocked. He hadn't expected that the Transformation Technique would actually grant him the abilities he was described to transform into.
They even copied the Devil Fruit's abilities! How outrageous is that!
That's an absolutely amazing skill!
Most importantly, it also inherited the opponent's combat experience, just like the move Xia Chen used just now.
Those moves seemed to be automatically etched into his mind, as if they were part of his arm!
"If Devil Fruit abilities can be inherited, what about swordsmanship and such?"
Xia Chen murmured softly, and with a thought, ' Robin ' instantly transformed into ' Zoro '!
The moment Xia Chen transformed into Zoro, he immediately felt a little uncomfortable and subconsciously looked down at his waist.
He now knew where the uncomfortable feeling came from!
He's missing three knives!
He can transform into Zoro, but he can't transform his sword back; otherwise, it would be too over-the-top.
But that's alright, he has quite a few Famous Sword in his System Space.
Xia Chen slightly spread his hands, and three swords immediately appeared in his hands, two of which were Twenty-One Great Grade Swords.
The other one is the Kitetsu I, one of the Twelve Supreme Grade Blades Swords!
And this knife, of course, was obtained from Saint Nusjuro.
Xia Chen bit one knife in his mouth, held the other two knives in his hands, and slowly made a movement.
" Three-Sword Style: 1080 Pound Phoenix!"
A massive wave of sword energy shot out instantly, slicing through countless trees in its path.
Immensely powerful!
Xia Chen looked down at himself and sighed:
"If this ability had been unlocked through daily check-ins earlier, it would have been an absolute god-tier skill!"
From these experiments, he has come to the conclusion that when he becomes someone, he will possess all the abilities of those people and adopt the rule of survival of the fittest!
In other words, when he transforms into Zoro, he inherits all of Zoro's abilities, including swordsmanship, Haki, and physique!
The so-called survival of the fittest means that stronger abilities will replace weaker ones!
For example, Xia Chen's Haki and physique are far superior to Zoro's, so when he transforms into Zoro, his Haki and physique will still be at his original level, not Zoro's level.
If he's inferior to Zoro in these two aspects, then he'll inherit Zoro's level!
That's why Xia Chen said that if he had signed in before his strength had grown to what it is now, this skill would truly be a divine skill.
For example, if he meets Hawk-Eyes once at the sea restaurant, then he can become Hawk-Eyes and possess Hawk-Eyes's strength until he encounters someone stronger than Hawk-Eyes.
Besides, if he shifts the blame to someone else, wouldn't it be better to have that person take the fall for him?
However, this ability is of little use to him nowadays, except for being interesting.
After all, who in this world could he possibly meet who was stronger than him?
So next, he's going to try one last thing!
Zoro disappeared, Xia Chen returned to normal, and then his eyes flashed as he became the last person he wanted to test.